Do you supervise construction? Architects do not by law take responsibility for the ñerrors and omissionsî of contractors. For instance if you have a very sloppy contractor the fault cannot be deemed that of the architect. The architect does what is called ñconstruction coordinationî, meaning he/she would answer all questions that the contractor might have as to how to build the architectÍs plans, attends regular site meetings and is available for questions on the phone.